Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-23

Secretary Charles w. Scranton invited all
new members to sign the constitution, that
being an essential and highly important
preliminary to membership. The large new
addition of recruits is very notable and
speaks well for the zeal of the recruiting
committee.
The chair called upon Hon. N. D. Sperry
to say something of the annual convention
at Boston last month of the National Ship
ping league,t which Mr. Sperry andCaptain
W. Fl. ToWnshend were sent as delegates
from the New Haven chamber. Mr.. Sperry
spoke for several minutes. He gave some
details of the doings of this league and ex-
planned the methods by which the league will
try to revive the shipping interests of this
country. He told of how America took
once the lead in the commerce on the seas,
and how she was afterward replaced
prrised that in the New Haven
harbor two vessels were sailing under the
English flag. He was in hopes that soon
they would all have the American flag, and
they will if they have any encouragement,
which they have not had in the past Eng
land is paying seven millions, little Italy
three millions and France five millions of
dollars in substituting vessels for the purpose
of sending their products throughout the
world to be sold, while America is not spend
ing cent. People do not like the idea of
paying subsidies, yet there isn't railroad in
America but what is doing it. If England
should give US one-half of her vessels on the
sea it would not better our CONNER sial inter
ests long, for we want some kind of protec-
tion which will drive foreign vessels away
We might have had the trade with Brazil,
but we neglected the chance we had when
Dom Pedro was here, and now we are trying
to rectify our blunder. We need to be up
and doing.
Captain Townshend also spoke, telling the
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the splendid address made by Mr.. Sperry.
President Dewell called on the various
committees to report. Ex-Mayor Lewis re-
ported that the ways and means committee
had organized. They had found that there
We're ways enough to any means they
could get, and they wanted means enough to
carry them out. He said that the committee
had at last procured home for the chamber,
a place where the members could go at any
time That place was the rooms of the
Security Insurance company. Papers, maps
and all things conducive to the interests and
welfare of the chamber would be available at
all times.
Judge Joseph Sheldon reported that the
committee on new enterprises had met and
organized in due form and have had several
meetings. Some enterprises had been brought
before them, but nothing done yet. He
thought that correspondence should be be-
gun with outside parties and see whether
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Much good could be worked in this way. He
gave instances of where other cities had got
ahead of New Haven because the latter was
too slow. He thought especially that young
inventors should be encouraged and offered
other valuable hints.
Mr.. Kimberly spoke for the railroad and
transportation committee He said that a
case had been brought to the committees no.
tice where party in this city importing
goods from England here had to pay a good
deal more for having his goods brought into
this harbor than lie did to have them come
by way of New York, and of course he took
the cheapest way. MIR. Kimberly said this
difficulty would probably be remedied.
Capt. Townshend reported that the harbor
committee had been about the harbor and
their Investigations will be brought up for
discussion at meeting of the committee to-
night. Mr.. White reported that the commit
tee on municipal affairs would meet tonight
No ONE was present to speak for the commit
tee on publications and statistics or the COM
mittee real estate.
The matter of selecting a question to be
proposed for discussion at the annual meeting
of the national board of trade in Washington
next January was referred to the executive
committee and the meeting was adjourned.